Sunday, April 14, 2013

LA City Council Just Voted To Screw Up Traffic Even Worse. Now What?

Last Wednesday, a special joint committee of the LA City Council voted
to side with special interests and expand Los Angeles International
Airport's runways, shutting down Lincoln Blvd for years of construction work.

But we still have
one more shot at this. On Wednesday, April 24th the full City Council
votes on the proposal to move LAX's North runways 260 feet and shut down
Lincoln Blvd. for construction.

Every
signature triggers an email that will go directly to the Council
members. The more signatures we get, the more emails they'll get.

Forward this email to your friends and neighbors, right now.

Ask them to imagine the Carmageddon-like congestion that would ripple
all throughout Los Angeles if Lincoln Blvd. is shut down for
construction. Ask them to imagine adding an hour to their daily commute.

Make no mistake, LAX needs
to be modernized. That's why we support a plan already on the table to
upgrade the airport terminals, finally bring the Green Line to all the
way into the airport, and add more air traffic controllers and
much-needed safety features to the existing runways.

But with a
price tag of over $500 million just to move the runways, the plan being
pushed by the Chamber of Commerce and the special interests running LAX
makes no sense: there is no justification in terms of safety,
efficiency, job creation or environmental benefits. Worse, it could
cause lengthy construction disruptions to this vital north/south
transportation corridor, resulting in constant gridlock across the
region for years to come.